jchadwell
Well-Known Member
Kindred souls? Also have an English and Journalism teacher parent. I also got the āI donāt know, can you?ā response many times growing up. One of my other favorites was ābehind the at on preposition streetā in response to where is my (fill in the blank) at?That one bothers me quite a bit as well. I guess I should say "it bothers me alot". These days I just spend my evening news watching counting the number of casters and guests that start every sentence with "So..." - apparently that's the new "Uh/Um" - I wonder who they got that off of. ?
I was largely desensitized to grammar critiques growing up (parents were both English teachers). I remember constantly rolling my eyes at hearing "If he's mean, then why is he your friend?" in response to my question: "Can me and Mike go ride bikes?" Usually this was followed up with: "Your legs aren't broken so I'm sure you both can ride a bike... would you like permission to do so?"
Or commenting on the use of "goes" rather than "said" with: "If everyone already left, how are they still talking to each other?" and so many others....
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